Metabolic syndrome as a late effect of childhood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation - A thorough statistical evaluation of putative risk factors.

Tina GerbekBirthe Lykke ThomsenEna MuhicTerkel ChristiansenKaspar SørensenMarianne IfversenKlaus KofoedKlaus Müller

Published in: Pediatric transplantation (2023)

The TBI effect on MetS may be overestimated in follow-up studies due to selection bias and confounding. The TBI effect was confined to the potentially modifiable MetS criteria HDL and triglyceride.

Keyphrases

metabolic syndrome
traumatic brain injury
risk factors
insulin resistance
severe traumatic brain injury
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes
cardiovascular risk factors
skeletal muscle